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Trigger Broadcasting via API
1) What is your idea? Trigger Broadcasting via an API, using the API User 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? We are triggering Board procedure as part of the nightly process that runs every day. The Board procedure loads data from the backend system (that calls procedure via API when the data is ready for…
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Optimization of board usability
Hello community, here are a few points/functionalities that could improve usability of board: * Implement a context based help directly in the application In the current setup there is basically no help functionality within the application. That makes it quite difficult sometimes to solve issues in a fast way since many…
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Optimization of formatting functionalities
Hello community, here are a few points/functionalities that could improve formatting functionalities in board: * Allow text variables in block headers We would like to use text variables in block header (e.g. @Year). Currently we are using workarounds to solve this (@selection if possible (a specific refer-to in block is…
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Optimization of selection functionalities
Hello community, here are a few points/functionalities that could improve selection functionalities in board: * Allow flexible ranges in screen selection At the moment there is no way for a "native" range selection of a screen. If you would like to work with a range you alway need to select individually entities (using…
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Optimization of the board administration
Hello community, here are a few points/functionalities that could improve the administration of board: * Monitoring / Logging: Integrate the logging directly into the application (getting away from the txt-logging). Especially when it comes to the execution of procedures it would be very helpful to get more details (last…
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A new home for selectors/pagers to offer more space on the development area
Hi Community Members, do you have the same situation like we have with cluttered reports because of many selectors and big dataviews to show? Please feel free to add your ideas or solutions in the comments below. current situation The selectors/pagers etc. which has to be placed on the development area steal the space for…
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Vertically align with data entry
Hello, in our solutions it would be really useful to apply the vertically align option keeping active the data entry. In this way would be possible to plan with metrics on the row. Many thanks, Giulia
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Multiple MyView versions
Hello, regarding the MyView feature it would be really useful to allow users to save more than one version of a given screen. In this way, starting from a unique layout, user can save different versions of the layout without asking for the implementation of different screens/tabs. Many thanks, Giulia
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Export Data Model Structure to Excel
When we create the data model documentation or when is necessary to analyze the data model is very useful to export the Impact Analysis result or from the data model, would be very useful to have one action that exports the "cube/entities/data readers/procedures" list, therefore is very useful to create documents based on…
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Impact Analyse readable for Powerusers
In our company the PowerUsers design the screens for our other users. The Developers only create Entitys, Relationships, DataReaders and Cubes. It would be very helpful if the PowerUsers can get access to the Impact Analyse to get an overview over your database strukture. My Idea ist to grant the access over the permission…
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Export Daten mit Info der Kopf- und Dataview-/Grafikobjekt Selektion
Hello everyone, often data still has to be exported. However, the selection of the data is not automatically specified. Therefore we always copy them manually from a label (@Selection). I think it is important that the selection is automatically transferred. For example, the header selection could be in cell A1 of the…
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Adding a system message when a transparency value greater than 1 is entered in RGBA section
When a transparency value greater than 1 is manually entered in RGBA color section (i.e. rgba(36,55,131,255)) on a layout, Board accepts it and the color is considered valid. Instead, when exporting the object via standard mode in Excel format you obtain an error message and the export procedure fails. The error is due to…
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Filter by relevant entities in the capsules
hi, It would be really helpful if it were possible to filter the entities for each capsule. This means that within the select each capsule would only display entities that are relevant to that capsule.
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Allow Data View to ignore format settings
Current situation: In Board Data model, designers have the option to define a Format for specific entities. Once set this format will impact each data view created using cubes with these entities. Limitations: The format setting is acting as master for all data view, this prevent to have a different format for specific…
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Impact Analysis - SQL/ASCII identifier
Hi, The impact analysis tool is very helpful, but I'd like to propose an improvement which will increase it's usability: the inclusion of a data reader type next to or as part of the connected object column. It's not possible to determine if an entity/cube which is connected to a data reader is being used in a…
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Simplify DataFlow's - Remove Calculation Domains
It would be very useful if you define a dataflow which is e.g. c=a*b or any other algorithm that this dataflow always does the calculation described in the field for those combination that exist without having to think about to extend a calculation domain. The problem now is if you flag several dimension in the calculation…
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Simple but improved user authorisation possibilities
Problem: If you use several databases, then you have to create a “Profile” for every possible combination of databases, at the moment. For example: If you have 2 Databases, then you have to create Profile_1 for all users, which are authorised for database 1, Profile_2 for all users, which are authorised for database 2 and…
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Database name in ProcedureExecution_YYYYMM.log
1) What is your idea? Provide the database name for each procedure in the procedure execution log file. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? When the file C:\Board\Dataset\Log\ProcedureExecution_YYYYMM.log is populated we can see only the procedure name but not the name of the database. This is a problem…
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Collapse unbalanced hierarchies entities in dataview
Hello, With unbalanced hierarchies entities, it is possible to collapse (more or less) in selectors, but not in dataviews directly. Would it be possible to add the collased functionnality in dataviews for the next releases please? Thanks
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I want to write a calculation formula in Excel
It is possible to add a formula to Excel temporarily, but if you write to Board, the number will be overwritten in the cell containing the formula and the formula will disappear. I understand this is a specification. We correspond it by using macros and "Use Excel Formulas". Is there any other way?
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Totals on top of each group
Hello, currently checking the Dataview Option "View Total on Expanded Group" the totals are shown both on top and bottom of each group. It would be nice to choose where to show the totals (on top OR bottom of each group).
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In Layout edit : Make block appear as an entity in the Axis Settings
Hi everyone, The Idea : The list of blocks in the layout should be manage like an entity in the layout editor. These would enable to do report as shown below very easily : Example of configuration in the layout editor : These would be especially useful when comparing 2 set of data (like version) in 2 different cube or in…
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Block Format Improving
Hello, it would be really useful to improve the block format with these new features: - user can change the color of each header group - user can change the text alignment for each header group
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Adding a large number of users
I have a question about how to add users to the security system. Currently, I have to manually add users one by one from Board Client or Board Web. Is there any way to import them all at once from a text file such as CSV?
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USER-specific data views pivoting/flattening
When using rows&columns function and changing the shown entities in the table - it would be great if there is a possibility for the user (normal users - no power users) to decide whether the table is pivoted (which is standard) or flattened..
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USER-specific display settings ENTITIES
We had now several request if it's possible, that a user (normal user - no power user) can define, if the entity shows code, description or code + description in a dataview - especially for entities which are chosen via Quick Layout (rows & columns). Only the default display setting from the entity itself is taken, and…
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Subscriptions - IMPROVEMENTS
It would be great if a user can define when creating a new subscription, if the format has portrait or landscape format --> as most of the screens fit better on landscape format. Also it would be great if they could deactivate selections and the url in the export and probably add elements, like it's available in "create…
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Hide tooltip icon when Data entry is on for empty cells
In Board 11, the tooltip function was displaying only it's icon and content if and only if there was content in the block used as reference for the tooltip. This was also regardless the status of the block (data entry on or off). In Board 12 this behavior was changed and if the block used as reference is in Data Entry…
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Keep file name of uploaded files
1) What is your idea? Keep the original file name of the file being uploaded into Board. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? When the file is uploaded into Board, the file name is lost and the file gets a generic name. We would like to keep the file names of files uploaded to Board (as BLOB cube). 3) What…
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hiding parts of chart legend
We are having "technical" cubes/formulars in charts for design aspects, which are not solvable via available settings --> e.g. fixed zero-line and max in a chart showing net sales per month for py, act and bud. And these two parts are listed in the legend which is a bit irritating for the user --> therefore it would be…
